‘French Exit’: With No F*cks To Give, Michelle Pfeiffer Sets An Icy World Of Privilege Ablaze [NYFF Review]

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Michelle Pfeiffer has been receiving rave reviews for her role as a well-to-do New Yorker who flees to Paris with her son (Lucas Hedges) as she burns through her savings in the New York Film Festival's closing night movie, Azazel Jacobs' French Exit.

Over the weekend, the Closing Night Selection of the 58th New York Film Festival officially revealed itself in French Exit. One of the only true sight unseen X factors of this very unusual awards season, the movie was looked at as potentially an Oscar player for Michelle Pfeiffer at the very least.

Playing a 65-year-old New York high-society widow who burns through her savings and moves to Paris with her son in Azazel Jacobs'French Exit, Michelle Pfeiffer sucks the juice from each line like a Louisianan devouring a crawfish. It's a full-on diva turn — a smorgasbord of side-eye and shade, of lacerating one-liners dispatched between drags on cigarettes and slurps of martinis.

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Breathe easy film and gay twitter, Michelle Pfeiffer is officially your fan-favorite Best Actress contender. The three time Oscar nominee stars in Azazel Jacobs’ “French Exit,” an unconventional dramedy that closed the 2020 New York Film Festival on Saturday night and is currently dated to hit theaters on February 12.

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The New York Film Festival comes to a close with the world premiere of “French Exit”, starring Michelle Pfeiffer and Lucas Hedges.

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